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Suppose the Jeans Length in a Large Interstellar Cloud at a Temperature

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Suppose the Jeans length in a large interstellar cloud at a temperature of 20 K is 0.8 ly. If the cloud gradually heats up to 40 K while its density remains constant, what would happen to the Jeans length?


A) The Jeans length would decrease to 0.4 ly.
B) The Jeans length would increase to 1.6 ly.
C) The Jeans length would increase to 1.1 ly.
D) The Jeans length would decrease to 0.6 ly.

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